Margaret Roberts is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, an academic author, speaker, experienced researcher, and genealogist who specialises in Sports History. She works as an independent researcher, although in recent years she has also been engaged on research projects within Higher Education. Her publications include a book on Victorian swimming communities, academic journal papers on women’s football, teacher training, and Victorian swimming baths and their employees. She has presented on all these topics at several public history and academic forums both at home and abroad. Margaret is the editor of Britain’s only online Sport and Leisure History magazine Playing Pasts as well as Chair of the Family History Society of Cheshire, Society Liaison Officer and Trustee for the Family History Federation, Trustee of Devon Family History Society, Independent Researcher Representative and Trustee of the British Society of Sports History, and a core member of the Few Forgotten Women team.
